Newly created 'West Virginians for Results' has GOP connection -By Michael Beckel September 4, 2013- A newly created super PAC appears to have its sights set on West Virginia, a…
-by Justin Acuff August 3, 2013- Groundswell, the conservative behind-the-scenes organization that forms a coalition between prominent Republicans, right wing media, and conservative activists to wage a “30-front war against…
Ginni Thomas and her conservative allies have launched a stealth attack on the GOP's top strategist. -By David Corn July 25, 2013- Groundswell, the recently created coalition of prominent right-wing…
-By David Corn July 25, 2013- Believing they are losing the messaging war with progressives, a group of prominent conservatives in Washington—including the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas…
Committee has biggest month ever during non-election year -By Adam Wollner July 22, 2013- The political action committee of Koch Industries — the energy and chemicals company led by billionaire…
Billionaire brothers' company PAC spending significantly more compared to recent election cycles -By Dave Levinthal and Michael Beckel June 20, 2013- The political action committee of Koch Industries Inc. —…
-By Paul Blumenthal June 18, 2013- WASHINGTON -- Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Tuesday that he and two campaign finance watchdog groups would sue the IRS, challenging regulations that…
When it comes to dark money groups, what really separates Crossroads GPS from its liberal counterparts is tens of millions of dollars in FEC-reported political spending, writes Robert Maguire of…
-By Andy Kroll, TomDispatch This piece first appeared at TomDispatch. Read Tom Engelhardt’s introduction. May 16, 2013- Billionaires with an axe to grind, now is your time. Not since the…
-By Jim Hightower May 11, 2013- Hide & seek can be a fun game for kids, but when huge corporations play it in our elections, fun becomes infuriating. Last year,…
-by Brendan Fischer May 2, 2013- The right-wing network funded by the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers is being revamped after the 2012 elections, starting with a new nonprofit called the…
-By Ruth Conniff April 30, 2013- It's "the most powerful organization in America that no one seems to know about." That's how Scot Ross, executive director of the progressive think…
-By Nicolas Confessore April 23, 2013- A loose coalition of Democratic elected officials, shareholder activists and pension funds has flooded the Securities and Exchange Commission with calls to require publicly…
-By Peter H Stone March 24, 2013- California officials have widened an investigation into the source of $11 million that was mysteriously funneled by a few nonprofit groups in 2012…
-By Bernie Becker February 19, 2013- A former Democratic congressional candidate and a government watchdog are suing the IRS, claiming the agency has allowed political groups to flout campaign finance…